Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2412A
SPONSOR: Fahy TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the purchase or lease
of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets
PURPOSE:
This legislation direct the Office of General Services to purchase elec-
tric vehicles for use in the state fleet of passenger vehicles.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - Amends Section 5-108 of the energy law to require the
commissioner whenever practicable to purchase battery, electric, plug-in
hybrid, or zero emissions vehicles. Additionally, requires the commis-
sioner to set targets for the acquisition of battery, electric, plug-in
and zero emissions vehicles. By 2030, all passenger vehicles in the
state shall be zero emissions vehicles.
Section 2 - Effective Immediately.
EXISTING LAW:
Under the current law, passenger vehicles purchased by the state must
meet certain miles per gallon standards.
JUSTIFICATION:
The transportation sector accounts for about 30% of the greenhouse gas
emissions in the nation. This proposal seeks to leverage the state's
purchasing power to increase the number of low emission and zero emis-
sion vehicles, therefore reducing the state's transportation sector
emissions. Additionally, the purchase of these vehicles will spur the
construction of the necessary infrastructure to power these vehicles
benefitting both the state and citizens seeking to purchase electric
vehicles but hesitant to do so because of range anxiety.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A7567 2019-20
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This legislation shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2412--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, EPSTEIN, GALEF,
DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the purchase or lease
of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 201-a of the executive law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. The office of general services shall, on or before December thir-
4 ty-first, two thousand twenty-one, prepare, in consultation with the
5 department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy
6 research and development authority, a state fleet procurement plan for
7 purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure that (i) at least
8 twenty-five percent of state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehi-
9 cles by no later than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five
10 and (ii) at least fifty percent of state agency vehicles will be zero
11 emission vehicles by no later than December thirty-first, two thousand
12 thirty. By January first, two thousand thirty, all passenger vehicles
13 purchased by or for the state or any agency or public authority thereof
14 shall be zero-emission vehicles. For purposes of this subdivision, "zero
15 emission vehicle" shall mean a vehicle powered by means of a battery or
16 fuel cell or a combination thereof, or another source of power, that
17 produces zero exhaust emissions of any greenhouse gas, criteria pollu-
18 tant or precursor pollutant under any and all possible operational modes
19 and conditions.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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